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A new pastor's perspective of how we can bring the light of Christ to a seemingly dark world in this adventure we call life. Amazing things can happen when we put our trust in God, follow Christ, and become the light.
**The opinions expressed in my blog are my own and not those of Community UMC, Quincy, CA or The United Methodist Church.

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A couple of weeks ago, I received some encouragement from my mentor to start blogging again. Seems like some of my more positive, devotional, or more useful posts on Facebook and social media carry an encouraging message for others. I'm known for posting a lot of random stuff, but have made an intentional effort over the last year have become more selective in what I post. I still get here and there from family members "well, you gonna put that on Facebook?" and admit while it can be a little amusing or annoying, find myself challenged to post things that will make a positive difference among my friends and family. It seems like today that we are finding ourselves more polarized as a society and social media is definitely not exempt. I guess in some ways, some of my more inspirational posts are mini sermons in themselves, as well as small snippets of what my original blog was meant to do. We need a word of hope, and need to see the light in this world of darkness, …